Plant flavonoid inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 main protease and viral replication

Autor: Lin Lin, Da-Yuan Chen, Christina Scartelli, Huanzhang Xie, Glenn Merrill-Skoloff, Moua Yang, Lijun Sun, Mohsan Saeed, Robert Flaumenhaft
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 26, Iss 9, Pp 107602- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107602
Popis: Summary: Plant-based flavonoids have been evaluated as inhibitors of β-coronavirus replication and as therapies for COVID-19 on the basis of their safety profile and widespread availability. The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) has been implicated as a target for flavonoids in silico. Yet no comprehensive in vitro testing of flavonoid activity against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro has heretofore been performed. We screened 1,019 diverse flavonoids for their ability to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. Multiple structure-activity relationships were identified among active compounds such as enrichment of galloylated flavonoids and biflavones, including multiple biflavone analogs of apigenin. In a cell-based SARS-CoV-2 replication assay, the most potent inhibitors were apigenin and the galloylated pinocembrin analog, pinocembrin 7-O-(3''-galloyl-4'',6''-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl)-beta-D-glucose (PGHG). Molecular dynamic simulations predicted that PGHG occludes the S1 binding site via a galloyl group and induces a conformational change in Mpro. These studies will advance the development of plant-based flavonoids—including widely available natural products—to target β-coronaviruses.
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